How to Make Your Business Card Stand Out

If you hand out business cards as a regular part of your business life, why not give out a card that will be unusual and make you the one to remember? This article tells you about two online printing services, MOO and Premium Cards, that will make designing a unique card easy.

Things You'll Need

• An Internet connection
• Information you want on the card

Instructions

1. You can use either MOO or Premium Cards to create an original and unusual business card that will be memorable.

2. MOO is known for its mini-card. It's only one inch by 2.75 inches. MOO also prints the standard size business card. One side of the card contains the usual information about you, but the other side can be one (or more) of your digital photos, or even your own artwork.

3. The MOO MiniCards are $19.99 as of this writing (per 100-card pack). The regular size card is $21.99 (per 50-card pack).

4. MOO will collect images from Flickr, Etsy, Facebook, Bebo, Fotolog, Livejournal or Vox and put them on your cards. You can use up to 100 different images, or just one. It's up to you. If you don't have your own images, MOO will let you use some of theirs.

5. You can preview the cards before you buy. The cards have a nice matte laminated surface to make your digital images look their best.

6. The other place to get unique cards is Premium Cards. This company will print round or square cards, magnetic cards, playing cards, cards on coasters, bifold cards and even sticker cards.

7. You can't design the card in an online interface at Premium Cards. You create it yourself first and upload it. Premium Cards does provide Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop templates to help you design your card, however, the site provides excellent detailed instructions on how to create and submit your cards.

8. At Premium Cards, regular cards start at $19, square cards start at $69, circular ones start at $169 (as of this writing).

Tips & Warnings

• MOO also makes post cards, greeting cards, note cards and holiday cards using your images.

• MOO prints and ships from the UK, so allow sufficient time if you are ordering for an upcoming event.

• Premium Cards also makes full color Rolodex cards, post cards and greeting cards.

Resources

• Moo
• Premium Cards